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[NETPOLL]: Fixups for 'fix soft lockup when removing module'
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>From my recent patch:

> >    #1
> >    Until kernel ver. 2.6.21 (including) cancel_rearming_delayed_work()
> >    required a work function should always (unconditionally) rearm with
> >    delay > 0 - otherwise it would endlessly loop. This patch replaces
> >    this function with cancel_delayed_work(). Later kernel versions don't
> >    require this, so here it's only for uniformity.

But Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> found:

> But 2.6.22 doesn't need this change, why it was merged?
> 
> In fact, I suspect this change adds a race,
...

His description was right (thanks), so this patch reverts #1.

Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jarek Poplawski authored and David S. Miller committed Jul 6, 2007
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6 changes: 2 additions & 4 deletions net/core/netpoll.c
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Expand Up @@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ static void queue_process(struct work_struct *work)
netif_tx_unlock(dev);
local_irq_restore(flags);

if (atomic_read(&npinfo->refcnt))
schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10);
schedule_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work, HZ/10);
return;
}
netif_tx_unlock(dev);
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if (atomic_dec_and_test(&npinfo->refcnt)) {
skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->arp_tx);
skb_queue_purge(&npinfo->txq);
cancel_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work);
flush_scheduled_work();
cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&npinfo->tx_work);

/* clean after last, unfinished work */
if (!skb_queue_empty(&npinfo->txq)) {
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